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Naval History

The colorful, unconventional brush strokes of Henry Reuterdahl on this first Naval History cover capture the spirit of his subject—the crew of the NC-3 sailing their aircraft on the final leg of its transatlantic attempt. The NC-4 flew with the NC-3 in 1919 and successfully made...

This print by Oswald W. Brierly, "Marine Painter to the Queen," was originally published by the Art Union of London in 1885. It depicts a portion of the 8 August 1588 battle off Gravelines as the English galleon Vanguard, commanded by Sir William Wynter, attacks the Spanish...

During the first part of World War II, the Grumman F4F Wildcat was the Navy's standard carrier fighter, in use until the F6F and the F4U came into the fleet in numbers. A few F4Fs still survive in flying condition. Mark Meyer photographed the one on the cover as part of his work in...

With the continuing discussion of the surrender of the Pueblo (AGER-2) in the pages of Naval History, a young naval officer reminds us of an earlier incident where an American skipper gave up his ship—James Lawrence's surrender of the Chesapeake to the HMS...

The Liberty ship SS John W. Brown leaves the East Coast outward bound for the Persian Gulf on her maiden voyage in this dramatic painting by Tom Freeman; the Sherman tanks chained to her decks are destined for Russia. Freeman has painted the ship as she looked in 1942, before she was...

During his long involvement with naval aviation, R.G. Smith has painted many of the Navy's aircraft carriers and aircraft. Here he depicts, in a pencil sketch, the converted collier that became the first U.S. aircraft carrier, namely, the Langley (CV-1).

Award-winning photographer Dan Beigel captured the brightly colored stern of HMS Rose during a recent visit to Annapolis, Maryland. She is a replica of a British frigate that played major roles in the Seven Years War and the American Revolution.